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| a type of acid that desolves calcite and other reactive minerals |
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[image] chemical weathering |
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| the process by which rocks are decomposed, dissolved or loosened by chemical processes to form residual materials |
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| a slow adjustment of soil and rocks |
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| the peeling away of sheets of rock millimeters to meters in thickness from a rock's surface |
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| process involves not merely absorption of water, a specific chemical change in which a new mineral is produced |
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When water infiltrates fractures in rock and freezes, the force of expansion is great enough to break
the rock into smaller pieces. |
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| a downward and outward movement of a SOIL mass that formed part of a slope |
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| the down slope movement of earth materials under the influence of gravity. |
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[image] mechanical weathering |
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| when rocks are broken down without any change in the chemical nature of the rocks |
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| a flow of mixed earth debris containing a large amount of water |
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| The combination of a substance with oxygen |
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means the underlying geological material in which soil forms |
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| the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved |
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| naturally occurring, unconsolidated or loose covering on the Earth's surface |
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| the washing away of soil by the flow of water |
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| the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil. |
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| the fertile, upper part of the soil |
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| weathered pieces of rocks that have been carried by several agents like wind and water and finally breaks down into further small pieces to settle down is called transported soil. |
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| the decomposition of earth rocks, soils and their minerals through direct contact with the planet's atmosphere |
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